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Hank Locklin

Hank Locklin was born Marvin Hankins Locklin in rural Alabama in 1918. He learned guitar and mandolin early, and by the late 1930s had moved to Texas, where...

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Hank Locklin's smooth baritone and country standards

An Alabama-born singer whose straightforward songs like 'Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On' became country classics.

For the pure Locklin sound, 'Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On' and 'Girls Get Prettier (every Day)' are the ones. They're just plain good country songs.

Locklin's voice had that clear, easy baritone that made songs feel like conversations. 'Girls Get Prettier (every Day)' is one of those tunes that just stuck around, covered by everyone from Dean Martin to Conway Twitty. He recorded over 200 songs, and a handful of them became the kind of standards other country singers kept coming back to.

He started on Texas radio in the late 1930s after leaving Alabama. His 1949 hit 'Mommy Please Stay Home With Me' broke through nationally, and he kept recording through the decades, eventually getting into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1975.

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Hank Locklin was born Marvin Hankins Locklin in rural Alabama in 1918. He learned guitar and mandolin early, and by the late 1930s had moved to Texas, where he got a spot on a local radio station. His smooth baritone voice began to find an audience there.

In 1949, Locklin released "Mommy Please Stay Home With Me," which became a national hit. The song's straightforward lyrics about a boy asking his mother to stay home connected with listeners. He went on to record songs like "Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On" and "Girls Get Prettier (every Day)," which became country standards.

Locklin recorded a lot of material, with his music often sitting between traditional country and a more accessible pop feel. He worked with musicians like guitarist Hal Rugg and fiddler Marvin Hedrick over time. In 1975, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Hank Locklin died in 1992 at age 74.

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